João Murça Pires, Brazilian botanist (Bariri, São Paulo State 08 July 1917 – Belém 21 December 1994)

Authored 65 papers

Performed the first employment of Preston lognormal curve for ecological analysis of tropical trees communities

With T.H. Dobzhansky & G.A. Black. An estimate of the number of species of trees in an Amazonian Forest Community. Botanical Gazette 114(4):467-77, 1953

With G. O. Castro & N.T. da Silva authored the paper Application of some phytosociological techniques to Brazilian rain forest. Amer. J. Bot. 43(10):911-41, 1956 with great repercussion in this field

DESCRIBED PLANTAE TAXA

Family

Saccifoliaceae 1978 with Maguire

Genera

Belemia 1981 (Nyctaginaceae)

Froesia 1948 (Quiinaceae)

Saccifolium 1978 with Maguire (Saccifoliaceae)

Species

Anacardium negrense 1948 with Froes

Anisophylla manausensis 1971 with Rodrigues

Belemia fucsioides 1981

Chrysophyllum anomalum 1960

Cnestidium froesii 1954

Corythophora amapaensis 1981

Croton diasii 2001 (posthumous)

Dicella amazonica 1960

Diospyros cachimboensis 1960 with Cavalcante

Diospyros capimnensis 1960 with Cavalcante

Diospyros egleri 1960 with Cavalcante

Discophora froesii 1960

Froesia crassiflora 1950 with Froes

Froesia tricarpa 1948

Hevea camargoana 1961

Lacunaria opositifolia 1954

Lacunaria umbonata 1954

Manilkara cavalcantei 1990

Micropholis submarginalis 1990 with Penn

Ormosia heterophylla 1960

Ormosia tapajosensis 1960

Pouteria amapaensis 1990 with Penn

Pouteria brevensis 1960

Pouteria exstaminodia 1990 with Penn

Pouteria jariensis 1990 with Penn

Pouteria oblanceolata 1960 

Pouteria rodriguesiana 1990 with Penn

Pouteria tarumanensis 1960

Pouteria tenuisepala 1990 with Penn

Pouteria ucuqui 1950 with Schultes

Pradosia granulosa 1990 with Penn

Quiina blackii 1950

Quiina brevensis 1960

Quiina duckei 1950

Quiina guaporensis 1960

Quiina maguirei 1969

Quiina oiapocensis 1960 

Quiina paraensis 1950

Quiina rigidifolia 1950 

Quiina wurdackii 1960

Saccifolium bandeirae 1978 with Maguire

Strychnos bovetiana 1960

Theobroma canumaense 1964 with Froes

Touroulia amazonica 1950 with Foster

HONORS (Poaceae)

Piresia Swallen 1964

Piresiella Judziewicz, Zuloaga & Morrone 1993